Senior Associate, Real Estate (Portfolio Management)

Senior Associate

Over the last 20 years, Ares' success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values collaborative, responsible, entrepreneurial, self-aware, trustworthy and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Position Summary

The Senior Associate will support the oversight and execution of the firm's real estate investment and fund activities through financial analysis, thoughtful evaluation of asset and fund performance, and hands-on involvement in transactions and reporting. This role plays a key part in maintaining models and projections, enhancing data and analytics infrastructure, and partnering across teams to deliver clear insights to internal stakeholders and investors. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills, technical proficiency, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide support in managing fund financial model, forecasting equity deployment, investment volume, fund and asset-level returns, and portfolio structure.
• Manage property cash flow models for leasing activities, capital expenditures, market leasing assumptions and capital markets assumptions.
• Lead the quarterly valuation process for the fund's properties utilizing Argus and excel.
• Support detailed buy/sell/hold analyses at the property, submarket, and market levels.
• Collaborate with acquisitions and development teams to review proposed new investments for the fund.
• Support budgeting process including capital projections for existing assets, equity raise forecasts, and deployment projections.
• Ownership of ongoing internal and external reporting deliverables.
• Assist Investor Relations team with due diligence and ad hoc requests from investors.
• Acquire detailed market knowledge including understanding location, product, supply and demand within each market.
• Work with finance, technology and investor relations teams to build and maintain data systems and dashboards.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• 5-7 years of applicable work experience, preferably in commercial real estate (investment, asset management, valuation), investment banking, or data science.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, engineering, data science, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Appraisal or valuation experience desired.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform (Power Query, Power BI, SQL), CoPilot, LLMs, Python, Jira, RealPage AIM, and database management highly desired.
• Strong Excel model building skills, PowerPoint presentation skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with Yardi IP/IM and Argus Enterprise preferred.
• Proficiency with accounting fundamentals and financial analysis.
• Understanding of DCF, IRR, and investment valuation concepts.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to build and maintain effective, collaborative relationships with internal and external partners.
• Organized and detail oriented with the ability to adapt to a changing and fast-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills, communication, and collaboration in a team environment.
• Self-starter with superior analytical skills; a problem solver with an astute attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate (verbal and written) in an articulate and effective manner.

Compensation

$140,000.00 - $160,000.00

The firm also offers robust Benefits offerings. Ares U.S. Core Benefits include Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision plans; 401(k) program with company match; Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA); Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution; Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance; Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance; Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit.

Ares offers a number of additional benefits including access to a world-class medical advisory team, a mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry, a mindfulness and wellbeing app, financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor, new parent leave, reproductive and adoption assistance, emergency backup care, matching gift program, education sponsorship program, and much more.